Schools
Nanuet High School Students Present on Hamlet's History
They participated in the Historical Society of Rockland's first ever High School Local History Conference
The Historical Society of Rockland hosted its first ever High School Local History Conference Tuesday at the Comfort Inn in Nanuet.
The conference featured guest speakers, including a keynote address from local author Linda Zimmermann. About 50 students attended in total from Clarkstown High School North, Clarkstown High School South, Nanuet High School, Pearl River High School, Albertus Magnus High School, Ramapo High School, North Rockland High School, Spring Valley High School, Suffern High School and Tappan Zee High School.
The students from each school gave presentations on local history from their own parts of Rockland.
The Nanuet student group was made up of Erin McGovern, Jackie Fitzgerald and Seth Nobles.
They discussed the history of the Nanuet School District, which they said can be traced back to 1796. They also talked about the history of the Nanuet Fire Engine Co., which was founded by nine men looking to avoid military service during the Civil War. Lastly, they talked about the music scene in Nanuet, which included a time in the 1980s when Nanuet had a number of dance clubs. Currently, the schools are leading the way in terms of the music scene in Nanuet.
